FanshenDocumentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village

William Hinton's work is a marvelous and revealing look into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complementary and caustic relationship since the Chinese Communist Party first came to power.

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Table of Contents

PrefacePrologue

Part I: Sowing the Wind1. Long Bow Village2. Can the Sun Rise in the West3. Eating Bitterness4. Three Pillars of Heaven5. The Teaching of the Lord of Heaven6. Invasion7. Collaborators8. Seeds of Change9. The Whirlwind

Part II: Sunrise in the West: The Year of Expropriation10. Which Road?11. Beat the Dog's Leg12. Find the Leaders13. Dig Out the Rotten Root of Feudalism14. Wang Lai-Hsun is Next15. The Fruits of Struggle16. Half of China17. Counter Measures18. Founding the Village Communist Party Branch19. Peasants or Workers?20. Contradictions, Internal and External21. All Out War - Retreat22. Organizing Production23. Abuses of Power24. The Blackmail of Wang Yu-lai

Part III: The Search for the Poor and Hired25. Cosmic Wei Ch'I26. To the Village27. The Work Team28. Those with Merit will get Some, Those without Merit will get Some29. Self Report, Public Appraisal30. Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggarman, Thief31. The Revolutionary Heat32. Brothers33. A Curved Road34. Drama in the Fields

Part IV: Who Will Educate the Educators?35. Confrontation at the Gate 36. The Village Leader Bows his Head37. 'I Dare not say I have Finished'38. Days and Nights39. A Summing Up40. The Lucheng Road41. In the Dragon Hall42. When Poverty Outranked Heaven43. Unity Through Struggle44. When I get my Share45. Unite Real Friends, Attack Real Enemies

Part V: Recapitulation46. The Native's Return47. Both Ends Sun Unseen48. Class Differentiation Repeated49. It is too Slow!50. Who Dares Man the Second Gate?51. A Young Bride Leads the Way52. The Gate in the Church53. Upgrading

Part VI: Drastic Reappraisal54. On the Eve of Victory55. We Tried to be God!56. Who is to Blame?